March 27, 2025
The YUFA Annual General Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 23 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Members can register now using this link to allow membership status to be quickly confirmed at the start of the meeting.
March 27, 2025
YUFA is asking all members to come out to defend the key values of university, particularly in light of the program suspensions by the administration. Please attend the community information sessions (Town Halls) that administration has scheduled for next week to express your views and concerns. Consider attending in person...
March 27, 2025
On Monday, March 31, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm Prof. Sheila Embleton will speak on “A Brief Summary of Laurentian University’s Recent Financial and Governance History”.
The link is: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/92175449683?pwd=aaSDaes2iS9vN9rLPGKuT7Pc1YoJoC.1
March 27, 2025
At its regular meeting on Thursday, March 27, York's Senate will consider a framework for program suspensions that has been brought forward from the Senate Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee. Senate meetings are public, and the meeting will be live-streamed. The agenda package for the meeting can be found here....
March 21, 2025
In light of events in the United States, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has released a statement regarding the threats to Canadian researchers. YUFA recommends that members travelling the United States, even for a transit stop, consider using a temporary phone and deleting any sensitive information from their devices. Please see here...
March 21, 2025
Seven YUFA members at York University have been fired since July 2024 as part of the university’s ‘restructuring’ initiatives, which began at Glendon in 2022 and are now underway in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LAPS). These colleagues hold Special Renewable Contracts (SRCs), which have always been renewed...
March 21, 2025
Supported by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), a group of YUFA members have filed an application for judicial review of the decisions to suspend admission to 19 programs. The application states, in part, that the decisions were unlawful, unreasonable, and without or in excess of any statutory discretion or authority. Moreover, the...
March 21, 2025
More than 200 members attended the YUFA Special General Members Meeting on March 19 to consider a non-confidence motion in the York University President, Provost, and Chair of the Board of Governors. After discussion, the motion was overwhelmingly approved. Many members were not able to attend the SGMM due to teaching and other...
February 28, 2025
On February 25th, in conjunction with other campus groups -- the YUFA Indigenous Caucus, CUPE 3903, the Race Equity Caucus, and the Cross-Campus Alliance -- YUFA held a Teach-In against program suspensions. Please see the following photos from this event: Photo One Photo Two Photo Three Photo Four Photo Five...
February 25, 2025
York budget deficits are wildly overestimated in some AI-generated charts and documents which are being circulated. Here are accurate figures, based on York’s audited financial statements as collated by our colleague Dr. Shanker Trivedi from Schulich: